Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-04-21
hlghaDhstDwn Frederick County, Maryland Thursday April q 1897
A MATRIMONIAL EXPERT.


who Enter the Marriage state.
On street ri,, the other day met a mani
who asked mo to make II guess at the average
ago of the mon and woncn who marry i'll
Chicago. | reflected for II moment upon tho
iullratcnrc of youth and the ardor of love,
: ami replied: "IwnMty-thrrc for mon and 20
Ior the women" But was wrong. The
average" said the man, With that authority
y Which comes OF knowledge, "is 2S years for
men and p, for wrucn. How do know. Be-
cause have figured it out from published re-
ports of the marriage licenses Issued from day
to day. OF course, Il i5OOi iiHny marry
-ln,lrl younger than thi", but just think
chow the average is brought up when
some lovcsick youth Of ~ or 80 Leads
to the aIarE bushing damsc' only few
years his junior. Several such cases nave oc-
Cured in Chicago Of late, and came across
one mattel Ia which the groom was - und
I'll" bride So THIS was several years ago,
though there have. since been several cases
nearly ;s bad | saw one license, too, i'll
which 'tuI Eloom's age was given at VI and
the III iucS at g.. This was IN eXtrcn" case,
Of course, but the number Of cases III which
the gvooms arc younger thnnthc brides /, re-
narkably Iars. m!t3 marriages out IF 1,o'M
in Chicago the hl"n ar" younger than the
women and in ~ out Of l,CO0 hrid"ul'd ;s!nom
ui" Of The same age The average marriage
age for males in Chicago is about the sam" as
i'll England and Scotland, hut the average
age of the women over thcrc IS nearly tArIA
years older.
|i,,lssu is the place whcrc they do marry
young, over there more than one Third OF
the men and moro than onc-ha!f Of th" women
MARI before they are 20, Is there rs much
marrying in Chicago n, i'll Europe IN pr"lrr-
ton To population! Her" are tn" figures In
Chicago during l'SG tn" marriages averaged
u per 500 inhabitants; in l.nglund the rate
is Il per l.OOO in France, 1G; IN HclmaEyi
-, and liz Sweden, only Is. The lowest lnrr-
ragr rate is in Ireland. l am satisfied that
there are very few comsanglincols marriages
III Chicago, which is II healthy sign In Franc"
l. per cent. of the marriages arc conaan-
guincou,; in England, . per cent, and among
the nobility, } per cent. Thrcc-VrlHrtrrS of all
consansuincols marriages ave- between
rn,l,ils. There is u greater numbcf of con-
eangIlmrol,s marriages i'll tho south than III
Chicago" .g
slave thn matrimonial qlrcntur"rs IN
Ch.e@i amy ravorltc days 'fnr taking out
lr.cl,r>'' asked, porccyiut that the man
wasa specialist ou tn" magrirGc question.
"Nos, indr,l," he Replied, "MoHday is the
b,% oar for marriage licenses TIE number
taken MI ON tia; day averages 80 to - per
cent. liishci tl"n any other day in the week.
Txp!ail tlIs: Easily Most of the rourting
i,don" on Sundays. Among certain classes If
people MARRIAGES very puicliIv follow engage
r.,nts. and Us Monday is the day after sun
,ay you can SEC the cnus" Of the Monday
rush. Another oXpIanaton is that Monday Is
general pay day, and on the day after
Fopl npny rtudiat"S for nlatrimony haven't
n.o@ ! cnon2h to take ont u iircns" with -
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